Aotearoa Music Awards for Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist

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Ladi6 has won the award twice, for her albums Time Is Not Much and The Liberation Of....
Scribe (centre) has won the award twice and P-Money (right) has won once.

Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist are two Aotearoa Music Awards that honour New Zealand music artists for outstanding recordings of the genres of hip hop, and soul or R&B.[1] The award was first awarded in 2002 as Best R&B/Hip Hop Album,[2] and in 2003 it was called Best Urban Album.[3] In 2004 it moved to Best Urban/Hip Hop Album. In 2017 the award was split into two separate awards: Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist. The entry criteria were also changed to require either an album or a minimum of five single releases in the eligibility period.[4]

Controversy[edit]

In 2016, the award was presented to Aaradhna her album Brown Girl. She refused to accept the award, saying she felt the inclusion of both R&B music and hip hop in the same "urban" category was due to racial stereotyping and that she felt as a pop/R&B artist, she shouldn't be in the same category as hip hop acts. Aaradhna informally awarded the Tui to fellow nominee SWIDT for their album SmokeyGotBeatz Presents SWIDT vs EVERYBODY. Recorded Music NZ still lists Aaradhna as the winner of the category.[5]

Recorded Music NZ CEO Damian Vaughan responded to the incident, saying that "urban" was an industry term used by New Zealand radio, but that the Urban/Hip Hop category would be reevaluated before the 2017 awards.[6] As a result, the Best Urban/Hip Hop Album category was reevaluated ahead of the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards. The award was split into two genre categories: Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist.[4]

Recipients[edit]

Best R&B/Hip Hop Album (2002)[edit]

Year Winner Album Other finalists Ref.
2002 Che Fu Navigator
  • Dark Tower – Canterbury Drafts
 [2]

Best Urban Album (2003)[edit]

Year Winner Album Other finalists Ref.
2003 Nesian Mystik Polysaturated [3]

Best Urban/Hip Hop Album (2004 to 2016)[edit]

Year Winner Album Other finalists Ref.
2004 Scribe The Crusader [7]
2005 P-Money Magic City [8]
2006 Frontline Borrowed Time [9]
2007 PNC Rookie Card [10]
2008 Scribe Rhyme Book [11]
2009 Ladi6 Time Is Not Much [12]
2010 David Dallas Something Awesome [13]
2011 Ladi6 The Liberation Of... [14]
2012 Home Brew Home Brew [15]
2013 Aaradhna Treble & Reverb [16]
2014 David Dallas Falling Into Place [17]
2015 Janine and the Mixtape XX
  • Diaz Grimm – Osiris
  • The Doqument– Black Canvas – Wall & Piece
 [18]
2016 Aaradhna[note 1] Brown Girl
  • SWIDT – SmokeyGotBeatz Presents SWIDT vs EVERYBODY
  • PNC – The Luke Vailima EP
 [19][20]
  1. ^ While the 2016 award was formally awarded to Aaradhna for Brown Girl, she refused to accept it and informally presented it to fellow nominee SWIDT. "Aaradhna claims racism, gives away Tui at NZ Music Awards". NZ Herald. NZME. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

Best Hip Hop Artist (2017 to current)[edit]

Year Winner Other finalists Ref.
2017 SWIDT [21]

Best Soul/RnB Artist (2017 to current)[edit]

Year Winner Other finalists Ref.
2017 TBA [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Category Definitions 2013". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b "2002 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "2003 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Nominations for 2017 Vodafone NZ Music Awards Open Today". Scoop. Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Aaradhna claims racism, gives away Tui at NZ Music Awards". NZ Herald. NZME. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. ^ "NZ Music Awards: Aaradhna's racism claim rejected - but the awards could 'evolve'". NZ Herald. NZME. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  7. ^ "2004 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  8. ^ "2005 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  9. ^ "2006 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  10. ^ "2007 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  11. ^ "2008 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  12. ^ "2009 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  13. ^ "2010 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  14. ^ "VNZMA 2011 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  15. ^ "VNZMA Winners 2012". New Zealand Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  16. ^ "Lorde, Aaradhna win big at music awards (+photos)". The New Zealand Herald. APN News & Media. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  17. ^ Jenkin, Lydia (16 October 2014). "This year's NZ Music Award contenders revealed". NZ Herald. APN. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  18. ^ Jenkin, Lydia (20 November 2015). "Broods clean up at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards". NZ Herald. NZMA. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  19. ^ "Best Urban/Hiphop Album 2016". NZ Music Award. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  20. ^ "NZ Music Awards". NZ Music Awards. Retrieved 17 November 2016 – via Facebook.
  21. ^ a b "Lorde to perform at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards". Radio NZ. Radio NZ. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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